IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva did not mention the new conflict at opening events.
The inability to respond extended to chair's statements issued by the Group of 20 major economies and the IMF and World Bank steering committees, which failed to mention the conflict.
"You know, without peace, it's hard for people to get stability, growth, look after their children, get jobs," he said.
But conflicts remain the biggest challenge to the global economy, said Josh Lipsky, a former IMF official who directs the Atlantic Council's GeoEconomics Center.
"Geopolitical shocks are economic shocks now and economic shocks are geopolitical shocks - and they're trying to detach the two."
Persons:
Kristalina Georgieva, that's, Rachel Nadelman, Joe Biden, China's Xi, Ajay Banga, Josh Lipsky, Andrea Shalal, David Lawder, Giles Elgood
Organizations:
Global, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, IMF, West Bank, Reuters, Research Center, Group, GeoEconomics, Thomson
Locations:
MARRAKECH, Morocco, Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Ukraine, United States, China, Bali, Africa